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Institution Faculty of Medicine Remuneration group BesGr W3 Start date commencing on 1st of October 2026

Full Professorship (W3) of Anesthesiology (Chair)

As one of Europe’s leading research universities, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich is committed to the highest international standards of excellence in research and teaching. Building on its more than 500-year-long tradition, it offers a broad spectrum that covers all areas of knowledge within its 18 Faculties, ranging from the humanities, law, economics and social sciences, to medicine and the natural sciences.

The Faculty of Medicine invites applications for a

Full Professorship (W3) of Anesthesiology (Chair)

commencing on 1st of October 2026.

The professorship represents the discipline in its full width in research and teaching. In addition, the professorship is associated with the position of the director of the Department of Anesthesiology at the LMU hospital.

The Department of Anesthesiology is one of the largest of its kind clinic in Germany und covers the whole spectrum of the discipline. It is expected that the collaboration with the research networks of the Faculty of Medicine and the University will be maintained and deepened, as well as that translational clinical research will be strengthened. Experience in transplant medicine is desirable.

For this position, we are seeking an integrative leader with excellent communication skills as well as proven clinical and scientific management experience and expertise.

Prerequisites for this position are a university degree, a doctoral degree or a comparable specific qualification, a board certification in anesthesiology as well as a special qualification in intensive care medicine, teaching skills at university level, excellent academic achievements and a productive and promising research program. Particular emphasis is placed on prior professional experience in the organization and optimization of operating room processes, as well as in the efficient planning of resources in the operating room and intensive care units. A strong willingness to engage in interdisciplinary collaboration with the surgical specialties is also expected.

The clinical duties and responsibilities of this professorship, including the billing of private patients, shall be reimbursed under the terms of a “Chefarztvertrag” (chairmanship contract) with a private-law contract for the professorship. This regulation can, however, potentially be disregarded if a professor has already been a chair of a department in a fully tenured professorship (C4-/W3-status) with the authorization to bill private patients.

LMU Munich makes a point of providing newly appointed professors with various types of support, such as welcoming services and assistance for dual career couples.

LMU Munich is an equal opportunity employer. The University continues to be very successful in increasing the number of female faculty members and strongly encourages applications from female candidates. LMU Munich intends to enhance the diversity of its faculty members.

People with disabilities who are equally as qualified as other applicants will receive preferential treatment.

Contact:

Please submit your application (curriculum vitae, scientific career, references, certificates, a list of publications and lectures, external funds) as well as a structural concept for the chair in Anesthesiology taking into account the scientific and clinical environment and a short application form (see ) to the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Bavariaring 19, 80336 Munich, Germany, no later than May 14th 2026.

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